"No, not with her. Just the two of us. The Director was a messed-up guy. I wasn't letting either of us stay in that situation." And of course he means her, he wouldn't let her be put through that. He wouldn't leave without her. Another breath there, and he's silent, thoughtful, until the bacon is done.

"South, I don't know all the details. But I think you know what happened."

He was killed by Maine. Or something like that. It's fuzzy. He knows he died, and that's that. He knows she can't fill in the gaps for him.